Police charge choreographer Ganesh Acharya with harassment, stalking, voyeurism

The Mumbai Police has filed a charge sheet against bollywood choreographer Ganesh Acharya, accusing him of sexual harassment, stalking and voyeurism in a case filed by a co-dancer in 2020, a police officer said on Thursday.

Oshiwara police officer Sandeep Shinde, who investigated the complaint, said that the charge sheet was recently filed in the court of a metropolitan magistrate concerned at Andheri. Ganesh Acharya and his assistant have been charged under sections 354-a (sexual harassment), 354-c (voyeurism ), 354-d (stalking), 509 (insulting the modesty of any woman), 323 (causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention to commit an offence) of the Indian Penal Code.

When contacted, the  assistant choreographer said she was informed that the charge sheet has been filed.

Ganesh Acharya declined to comment on the case. The Bollywood choreographer, who has been accused of sexual harassment by some co-workers, has denied the charges in the past and described them as “false and baseless”. When a FIR, was filed by the Mumbai Police on the assistant choreographer’s complaint, his legal team said in February 2020 that they have filed a defamation complaint against her.